WoRMS taxon details
Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther, 1862)
277180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277180)
accepted
Species
Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922 · unaccepted
Daya jerdoni (Day, 1873) · unaccepted
Daya jerdoni fusca McCulloch, 1921 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus dolii MacLeay, 1881 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873 · unaccepted
Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873) · unaccepted
Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277180 on 2025-07-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922) Ogilby, J. D. (1922). Three new Queensland fishes. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> v. 7: 301-304, Pl. 19. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus dolii MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 1): 1-138. [Continues on pp. 202-387]. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873) Day, F. (1873). On new or imperfectly known fishes of India. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 4 Mar. 1873): 236-240.
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966) Tyler, J.C. (1966). A new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) from the western Indian Ocean, Pristotis judithae. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> 393: 1–6. [details]
original description (of Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922) Ogilby, J. D. (1922). Three new Queensland fishes. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> v. 7: 301-304, Pl. 19. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus dolii MacLeay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 6 (pt 1): 1-138. [Continues on pp. 202-387]. [details]
original description (of Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873) Day, F. (1873). On new or imperfectly known fishes of India. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 4 Mar. 1873): 236-240.
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966) Tyler, J.C. (1966). A new species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) from the western Indian Ocean, Pristotis judithae. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> 393: 1–6. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オキスズメダイ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus dolii MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Daya jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristotis obtusirostris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus dolii MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Daya jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To FishBase (from synonym Daya jerdoni fusca McCulloch, 1921)
To FishBase images (Pristotis obtusirostris, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristotis obtusirostris FIN032646 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristotis obtusirostris FIN032647 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus dolii MacLeay, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Daya jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristotis obtusirostris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus jerdoni Day, 1873)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristotis jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus dolii MacLeay, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis virescens Ogilby, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristotis judithae Tyler, 1966)
To FishBase (from synonym Daya jerdoni (Day, 1873))
To FishBase (from synonym Daya jerdoni fusca McCulloch, 1921)
To FishBase images (Pristotis obtusirostris, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Pomacentrus obtusirostris Günther, 1862)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristotis obtusirostris FIN032646 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristotis obtusirostris FIN032647 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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